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Index 



anatomy of, *I3; larva 

 of, *6os ; mimicry of, by 

 viceroy butterfly, *6io ; 

 part of wing of, show- 

 ing scales, *3<5o ; vena- 

 tion of wings of, *37i ; 

 venation of, *n 



Moniliform, 258 



Monobia quddridens, 502 



Monohammus, 285 



Monomorium minutum, 

 *536; pharaonis, 541 



Monostegia roses, 466 



Monterey-pine midge, *324 



Morpho sp., base of scale 



of, *5Qi 



Mosquito, auditory organ 

 in antenna of, *2Q; beak 

 of, *3O2 ; female, mouth- 

 parts of, *3Oi ; head and 

 mouth-parts of, *7; life- 

 history of, *305; mala- 

 ria-carrying, *3o8 



Mosquitoes, 304; and ele- 

 phantiasis, 633 ; and fila- 

 riasis, 632 ; and malaria, 

 617; and yellow fever, 

 630 ; eaten by dragon- 

 flies, 81 ; methods of 

 fighting, 309 



Moth, ommatidia of, *3i 



Moth-fly, 319, *32o; larva 

 and pupa of, *320 ; 

 mouth-parts of, *32O 



Moth-like flies, 304 



Moths, 56, 358; and but- 

 terflies, single scale 

 from, *589; and wasps, 

 showing mimicry, *6o8 ; 

 key to superfamilies and 

 families of, 367; scales 

 of, their structure and 

 arrangement, 589; wood- 

 nymph, 407 



Moulting, 43 



Mourning-cloak, 455 



Mouth-parts, 6 ; head of 

 larva of net-winged 

 midge showing forma- 

 tion of adult, *3i8; head 

 of larva of black-fly 

 showing developing, 

 *3I4; developing, of tus- 

 sock-moth, *363 ; devel- 

 opment of, of Corydalis 

 cornuta, *227 ; of bee- 

 fly, *334! pf dance-fly, 

 *335 I of Cicada, *9 ; of 



Dixa sp., *3i9; of dob- 

 son-fly, *6; of Eristalis 

 sp-, *340 ; of female 

 black-fly, *3i3; of fe- 

 male net-winged midge, 

 *3i6; of a female mos- 

 quito, *30i ; of a female 

 punkie, *3ii ; of Hemip- 

 tera, *i64; of honey-bee, 

 *7, *459; of honey-bee, 

 development, *46o ; of 

 horse-fly, *329; of house- 

 fly, *8, *3Oi ; of Hymen- 

 optera, 460; of larva of 

 black-fly, *3I3; of larva 

 of net-winged midge, 

 *3i7; of larva of wasp, 

 *46i ; of Lepidoptera, 

 *3&2; of a long-tongued 

 bee, *5i2; of mosquito, 

 *7 ; of moth-fly, *320 ; 

 of mud-wasp, *46o; of 

 net-winged midge, *9 ; 

 of robber-fly, *33i ; of a 

 short-tongued bee, *5ii ; 

 of sphinx-moth, *io; of 

 thrips, *8, *22O ; variety 

 of. 8; of wasp, devel- 

 opment of, *46o, *46i 



Mud-nest, vase, of Eume- 

 nes sp., *499 



Mule-killer, 76 



Murgantia histrionica, 214, 



*2I5 



Musca domestica, *34i, 

 342; larva of, *342; 

 mouth-parts of, *8, *30i ; 

 pupa in puparium of, 

 *342 



Muscardine, 412 



Muscid, aquatic, *348 



Muscidae, Musca (pvla, 

 myia, a fly), 332 



Muscinae, 341, 342 



Muscle, degenerating, 

 from pupa of giant 

 crane-fly, *5O ; degen- 

 erating, of tussock-moth, 

 *50; developing, in pupa 

 of honey-bee, 51 ; struc- 

 ture of, *I3, *I4 



Muscles, arrangement of, 

 in maxillary proboscis 

 of milkweed butterfly, 

 *36i ; attachment of, to 

 body-wall, *4; of leg, 

 *5 ; of wing. *5 



Muscular system, 13 



Mutillidae, Mutilla (mu- 

 tilo, to crop short), 497 



Mycetophilidae, Myceto- 

 phila (jtvKTia, myces, a 

 fungus ; 0i/.of, philus, 

 loving), 304, 324, *325; 

 venation of wing of, *32$ 



Mydas luteipennis, 330 



Myodocha serripes, 211 



Myopa, 337 



Myopsocus, 113 



Myriapoda, 3 



Myrmecocystus melliger, 

 545 



Myrmecophila, 161 ; ne- 

 brascensis, *i62 



Myrmecophily, 552 



Mrymeleon, 232 ; adult, 

 *23i ; sp., larva and 

 sand-pit of, *23O 



Myrmeleonidse, Myrme- 

 leon (fivpnTiZ, myrmex, 

 ant; teuv, Icon, lion), 

 224, 230; key to subfam- 

 ilies of, 231 



Myrmica brevinodes, 544 



Myrmicidae, Myrmica 

 (fjvpnZ, myrmex, ant), 

 540, 54i 



Mystacides, 243 



Mytilaspis pomorum, 189 



Mysus cerasi, 174 



Nabidze, N a b i s (nabis, 



camelopard), 195 

 Nabis fusca, *205 

 Nathalis iole, 446 

 Naucoridae, Naucoris 



(vofif, naus, ship ; *6pic, 



coris, a bug), 194, 199 

 Necrobia rufipes, 270 ; vio- 



lacea, 270 

 Necrophorus marginatus, 



*26l 



Nectar, 566 



Nectar-drinking, adapta- 

 tion of insects for, 569 



Negro-bug, flea-like, 215 



Negro-bugs, 195 



Nematocera (yfifia, nema, 

 thread ; Kff>a<; , ceras, 

 horn), 303; key to fam- 

 ilies of, 304 



Nematus erichsonii, 466 ; 

 ventricosus, 466 ; larva 

 of, *465 



Nemobius fasciatus, form 



